Improvement in shirts



SUTPHEN.

Shirt.

Y 5 5 9 r3 0 N Patented Feb. 9,1875.

UNITED STATES yI .DATENT y Orrrono CARLYLE E. SUTPHEN, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN- STON & SUTPHEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRTS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 159,554, dated February9, 1875; application filed December s, 1814.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARLYLE E. SUTPHEN, ofNewark, in the county of Essex and State ot' New Jersey, have invented aReversible- Bosom Dress-Shirt', of Which the following is aspeciieation:

My invention consists in the construction of a reversible bosom fordress-shirts, made separate from the shirt, and finished ou both sides,either of which .is a perfect bosom and ready for use, and in theconstruction of the shirtfront with Welts orstrips to receive and holdthe bosom in position.

The bosom E is made up separate from the shirt, similar to other shirtbesoins, except that it is made double, and finished on both sides, sothat when one side is soiled it may be readily reversed and the otherside used.

The bosom is fitted to a place prepared for it in the shirt-front. Thefront of the shirt is made With a plain close piece of muslin across theplace for the bosom, and on either side of the bosom is stitched anarrow welt or strip, B, a half-inch Wide, more or less; and this strip,when it reaches the range of the neckt band C, forms an angle, D, Whichpasses to the neck-band.

The bosom is attached to the shirt by the button E on the band, and thenfrom this eenter extends out, and passes under the Welts at the sidesand top, and is held in place thereby.

Buttons f may or may not be used, as they are not essential.

When desirable to reverse the bosom, it is unbuttoned at the top, andthe other side turned out, and again it ts in the same position.

The bosom may be made Wi-ththe edges divided, 'so that in putting it ina shirt, one part may go under the Welt, and the other above or outsideof it, or both may be under the Welt. The Welt holds it in position, inone form the same as in the other.

I do not claim a bosom made separate from a shirt, which has often beendone 5 but I claim- The dress-shirt constructed with the Welts or stripsB D, varranged to confine and hold in place a separate and removablebosom, substantially as and for the purposes speciiied.

GARLYLE E. SUTPHEN.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, JOHN C. TUNBRIDGE.

